A tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin, is threatening to topple the multibillion-dollar citrus industry in the U.S. by infecting millions of acres of orchards with an incurable bac... Read more
As the abundance of genetically modified (GM) foods continues to grow, so does the demand for monitoring and labeling them. The genes of GM plants used for food are tweaked to make them more... Read more
Superweeds? Suicides? Stealthy genes? The true, the false and the still unknown about transgenic crops In the pitched debate over genetically modified (GM) foods and crops, it can be hard to... Read more
Scientists say amending an EU directive on GMOs could help stimulate innovation in making cheaper vaccines, pharmaceuticals and organic plastics using plants. In a paper to be published in C... Read more
This summer, a severe drought and genetically modified crops are delivering a one-two punch to US crops. Across the farm country, years of reliance on Monsanto‘s Roundup Ready corn and... Read more
When the scientists who know best are worried, it’s time to start paying attention. In the debate over genetically modified food, it often seems that one side is painted as pro-science (the... Read more
Products from genetically modified crops can be identified at low concentration It is important to be able to monitor genetically modified (GM) crops, not only in the field but also during t... Read more
There’s no equivalent to our technology anywhere in the world A small startup on a moshav has come up with a way to immunize plants to make them genetically resistant to disease. The U... Read more
There is an intense scramble for the earth’s resources and ownership of nature. Big oil, big pharma, big food, big seed companies are joining hands to appropriate biodiversity and biomass —... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The way Martin Kastler sees it, there ought to be a law prohibiting shops all across Europe from opening on Sundays, much as there has been for generations in his native... Read more
